Section 59-3-3 - Ostensible authority defined.
59-3-3. Ostensible authority defined. Ostensible authority is such as a principal intentionally, or by want of ordinary care, causes or allows a third person to believe the agent to possess.
Source: CivC 1877, § 1356; CL 1887, § 3979; RCivC 1903, § 1675; RC 1919, § 1257; SDC 1939, § 3.0203.
See Cal Civ Code, § 2317.